Chayden Johnston will be remembered in Utah football history as the kicker who initially beat out a Lou Groza Award winner. The field goal attempt that Johnston missed in the 2017 season opener will remain his only kick in college football.
Five days after concluding spring practice as Utah’s No. 1 kicker, according to Kyle Whittingham, Johnston announced he is giving up football with three seasons of eligibility left. The move promotes freshman walk-on Jadon Redding to the top position on the depth chart after a back-and-forth competition with Johnston during the spring.
Redding hit the left upright from 31 yards in his only field goal attempt of last Saturday’s Red-White Game.